i think it's really important to have people like suedian associates and the food market and support from the health department and being a food worker in bay view is important because they see us as leaders and we are leaders. they see the community store as a place to go that they trust and we see that too. it's not so much trying to put stores in and fresh and easy and wal-mart. it's important to take what is in bay view and transform the spaces so there is produce in the spaces, produce in the spaces that people in the community trust. they have been going there for years and through that connection with store owners we have been a lotted to have that trust with the community. thank you. >> thank you. and i think one of the great example citizen bay view folks have been. >> >> helping the tenderloin with popular education techniques and we have leaders from the tenderloin that will speak later but the two coordinators and eric and jessica estrada from the youth development center. >> good afternoon supervisors. i am ryan bayer and a food organizer with food justice and doing some

i am the president /owner of suedian and associates. we have delighted and excited to be part of helping the corner stores develop more new products, especially healthy produce. one of the challenges of course is you have small little stores and one of the goals is when we go in is redesign the store so we create more space so this allows the retailers to keep the products that they have but now be able to expand and put in produce and in natural foods. we also will do an as built and layout what the store looks like and we come back and relay out the store to get that space and at a coordinated time we bring in the development and shelfing and we show the retailer how to market the product and put it together but one of the important parts of the program that we feel is not just the moment it looks good and finished but sustainability and we are involvor